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| Soufflenheim | ||
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| Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine has no parent region. | ||
| Residents | 4.858 (2018) | |
| height | 116 m, 138 m | |
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Soufflenheim is a french Commune in the department Bas-Rhin, in the Alsace.
background
Politically, the municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Haguenau and the Canton of Bischwiller.
The community is about 15 kilometers east of Haguenau and is next to Betschdorf, which is located 12 km north of Haguenau, one of the two places in Elass where traditional ceramics are still produced today. While the "bowl turner" are mainly here, the "Krugmacher" (Hafner) can be found in Betschdorf.
Under the extensive forest area of the Hagenau Forest, meter-thick layers of clay can be found, so that potters settled here as early as the Bronze Age. Pottery was also made in the area in Roman times, but no Roman pottery settlement has yet been found in the community. In the 9th century, a church dedicated to Saint Michael by Irish monks was built on the Kirchberg. Today's Michaelskirche from 1825 is not a successor, but was built some time after the old church fell into disrepair. It is unclear whether the plain below the hill was already built on in the 9th century. The place was first mentioned in a document in 1147. In that year, Frederick I Barbarossa granted the local potters the right to exploit the clay pits within the imperial hunting ground.
getting there
| Surroundings of Soufflenheim | ||
| Betschdorf 11 km | Wissembourg 40 km | Lauterbourg 26 km |
| Haguenau 14 km |  | Rastatt 24 km |
| Strasbourg 40 km | Drusenheim 10 km | Baden-Baden 27 km |
By plane
The Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport at Rheinmünster is about 23 km away, for Strasbourg airport it is 56 km.
By train
In the street
The easiest way to get to Soufflenheim from Germany by car is via the barrage Iffezheim, on to the French D4, at Roppenheim switch to the toll-free motorway A35L'Alsacienne to the Soufflenheim exit (approx. 15 km).
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- Michael's Church. From 1825.
- Pottery, along the Grand 'Rue and its side streets.
activities
The Golf Club Soufflenheim, which consists of an 18-hole championship course and a 9-hole course. In the vicinity there are spacious apartment complexes, practice areas and restaurants. The facility, which is designed as a park landscape, was designed by Bernhard Langer in 1994.
shop
There are still about 20 pottery companies that are active on site. They manufacture decorative and utensils.
On Wednesday mornings there is a weekly market in the market hall.
kitchen
- There is a public parking lot behind the restaurant
- A la Couronne, 21 Grand'Rue 67620 Soufflenheim. Tel.: (0)3 88 86 62 41. Open: every day for lunch, also in the evening on weekends.
nightlife
accommodation
health
Practical advice
- Office de tourisme de Soufflenheim, 20 b, Grand Rue F-67620 Soufflenheim (on the street in front of the Church of St. Michael). Tel.: 33 (0)3 88 86 74 90. Open: Mon-Fri 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5.30 p.m., Sat 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sun and holidays closed.
trips
- Didiland amusement park. Approx. 22 km away.
literature
Web links
http://www.mairie-soufflenheim.fr - Soufflenheim official website
- The Alsatian potters informative site of the potters from Soufflenheim and Betschdorf
- The Alsatian potters Site of the potters from Soufflenheim.
